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Aliya Frankel scored two goals on Saturday afternoon against Manhattanville

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9/28/2013 9:32:00 PM

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EDWARDSVILLE, PA – The Lady Colonels and Manhattanville College Valiants game was a tale of two halves. The first half was tied at three and the Valiants took over in the second half as they scored six goals en route to a 9-4 win over Wilkes. Manhattanville's record improved to 7-4 (1-0) while Wilkes falls to 2-7 (0-1).

Aliya Frankel (Ventnor, NJ/Holy Spirit) got the Lady Colonels on the board early 1:49 into the game when she scored off of an Ashley Hahn (Bangor, PA/Bangor) assist. Valiants Amanda DeChent scored her first goal of the day evening the score at one with a goal at the 5:45 mark in the first half off a pass from Kirsten Savage. In the 13^th minute Taylor Ryan (Spotsylvania, VA/Courtland) put the Lady Colonels up 2-1 when she put a rebound into the back of the cage. A minute later Savage scored her first goal of the game to tie the score at two. Frankel scored her second goal of the game at the 16:12 mark when she scored off a corner feed from Kerryn Redcay (Reading, PA/Wilson). Valiants Breanna O'neill scored off a rebound at the 25:51 mark to tie the score at 3-3. Wilkes outshot Manhattanville 13-8 in the first half and out cornered the Valiants 6-4.

Manhattanville scored three goals in the first five minutes of the second half to give them a 6-3 lead. DeChent scored two of the goals and Savage scored the other goal. Taylor Ryan (Spotsylvania, VA/Courtland) scored her second goal of the game in the 45^th minute to cut the lead to 6-4. DeChent scored two more goals in a six minute span increasing the Valiants lead to 8-4. DeChent an All-American and 2012 Freedom Conference Player of the Year scored five goals on the day. The final Valiants goal was scored in the 69^th minute when Breanna O'Neill scored her second goal of the game.

Alexis Reed (Greenport, NY/Greenport) made 14 saves in the cage for the Lady Colonels. Wilkes returns to action next Friday when they travel to Freedom foe FDU-Florham in Madison, NJ for a 7 PM match.

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